1984
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Re: 1984
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I completely understand what you mean. Orwell's ability to make you realize fears you never knew existed is both awe-inspiring and unsettling. For me the idea of "Big Brother" is becoming more and more of a reality, technology and societal restrictions seems to be increasing as time goes on. Some people like to think that 1984 was just a part of Orwell's imagination, but what if it's not? Can those who have tasted a more liberal world submit to Big Brother as Winston did? These questions sparked my interest in human nature, politics and the laws that we abide by.Katy_Moose wrote:I think the main reason why I personally loved 1984 when I read it in high school was that I hated how it ended. That sounds a little funny, but I absolutely loved how even though the story line didn't go how I wanted it to George Orwell got a rise out of me. I think it was the first time an author actually caused me extreme emotion. I disliked the ending but I loved it too, it made the reader FEEL something. Even though that feeling was unpleasant it was still such a cool experience.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is the story of one man’s nightmare as he pursues a forbidden love affair in a world ruled by power and structure that controls their information, thought, and memory. 1984 is a haunting tale. This tale exposes the destruction of truth, freedom and individuality.
I recommend this book to adults.
This was a good read, a twisted one, a weird one, and kind of creepy. In a nut shell it is a world where government who says they are right about everything and is in control of everything. If they 2+2=5 that is what it is.
There are many messages that the author is trying to tell us. This book was written in 1949 so some things seem a bit outdated but I still think there are messages that can be pondered on from this book. The first one being the corruptive temptation of power. In the book Russia attempts to seize the world for itself. Today it makes us ponder if the government has too much power. Should they have the right to decide the final verdict on abortion, marriage and religion? Some days it seems even in our own government once someone is put into that kind of power they have a hard time losing it they maneuver into different seats is this really the right thing is really good for us as the people. Another one is control. This book focuses on a lot about what freedoms have been taken away. The government controls what is truth and what is not. They seem to think if they control the truth they control the people. How many of us don’t give the whole truth to the people around us to control them?
It is a scary book because of what our world looks like now. How some days it feels like our country is going down that path. Even scarier is the movie in my opinon. It can even feel a bit depressing at times to think someday our world may look like this. My mom is a person that does not like depressing movies or books and will purposefully skip over them. This is one you should not skip. Read it!
I would love to read a book written from the view of big brother or our government. What goes through their minds. I am sure it would be a lot scarier of a book, but I am curious to understand them more and why they do certain things. How they think.
I rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars.
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Orwell published '1984' in 1949. I don't know how much Orwell knew about the development of Soviet regime that was already 31 years old; but I know that Orwell's gloomy picture came drearily close to the real peoples' oppression in a communist tyranny. I guess, only someone who lived under such tyranny, or at least studied it carefully, can fully realise it.Raven1128 wrote: Some people like to think that 1984 was just a part of Orwell's imagination, but what if it's not?
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